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The Top 100

Essential Guitar Chords

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 Top 100 Essential Chords:

  Open Position Chords: Major 

This first section contains your standard open chords.Every beginner should learn these probably before trying toplay anything else.

1. C major

2. D major

3. E major

 

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4. A major

 

5. G major

 

Open Position Chords: Minor 

Next we have open position minor chords.

6. E minor 

 

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 7. A minor 

 8. D minor 

 

Open Position Chords: 7  th 

Next, there are a few “7” chords, sometimes called “Dominant7”. These are played in the “open” position. These contain 4tones.

9. E7

 

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10. A7

 

11. D7

 

12. G7

 

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Open Position Chords: Minor 7  th 

The second most common 4-note chords: Minor 7 chords, here

in the open position: 13. Em7

 

14. Am7

 

15.

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Open Position Chords: Major 7  th 

Here is a new kind of 4-note chord: The major 7 chord.

15. Cmaj7

 

16. Fmaj7

 

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  Barre Chords: Major 

Moving on, while the open chords were the easiest to play.now we have barre chords which are a little harder.

 You have to “barre” the entire first fret of the chord with your index finger. (I go over the barre technique in the UltimateBeginner Guitar Course)

17. Fmajor 

 

18. Gmajor 

 

19. Amajor 

 

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20. C major 

 

21. D major 

 

22. B major 

 

Barre Chords: Minor 

 Also Essential are minor barre chords:

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23. Fminor 

 

24. Gm

 

25. Am

 

26. Bm

 

27. Cm

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28. Dm

 

Barre Chords: dominant

Here's the dominant 7 chords in barre form.

29. F7

 

30. G7

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31. A7

32. B7

33. C7

34. D7

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Barre Chords: Minor 7

And the minor 7s in barre form...

35. Fm7

36. Gm7

37. Am7

38. Bm7

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39. Cm7

40. Dm7

Barre Chords:  ROOTS ON 'A' STRING: Major  

Also, there are many useful barre shapes with the roots in the Astring.

41. C

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42. D

43. E

44. F

45. G

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Barre Chords:  ROOTS ON 'A' STRING: Minor  

46. Cm

47. Dm

48. Em

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49. Fm

50. Gm

Barre Chords:  ROOTS ON 'A' STRING: dominant 

51. C7

52. D7

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53. E7

 

54. F7

55. G7

 

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Barre Chords:  ROOTS ON 'A' STRING: Minor 7 

56. Cm7

 

57. Dm7

 

58. Em7

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59. Fm7

60. Gm7

9th Chords

Here we have some new chords in 9 chord family.

61. A9

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62. Am9

63. A9sus4

64. A9b5

65. A9#5

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66. A9#11

67. Am9b5

9th Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING 

Chords from the 9th-chord family with roots on the 'A' String.

68. D9

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69. Dm9

70. D9sus4

71. D9b5

72. D9#5

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73. D9#11

11th Chords

Here are some more advanced chords in the11th chord family.

74. A11

75. Am11

 

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11th Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING

76. D11

77. Dm11

13th Chords

And 13th chords...

78. A13

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79. Am13

80. A13b9

81. A13#9

82. A13b5b9

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83. A13#5b9

84. A13#11

13th Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING

85. D13

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86. Dm13

87. D13b9

88. D13#9

89. D13b5b9

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90. D13#5b9

91. D13#11

3 Note Chord Voicings: Triads

Here's a few triad voicings on the top 3 strings. Very useful:

92. A major 

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93. A minor 

94. A7

95. A9

96. Am7

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97. Am9

 

Chord Variations

And finally a few useful chord variations to round off our top100 chords:

 98. A diminished

99. D diminished

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100. Am/maj7

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